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Dual disconnect terminal assembly and switch

US5041704A · kind A · utility

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Assignee

C. A. Weidmuller GmbH & Co. · DE

Inventors

Paul Stenz · Detmold, DE
Horst Conrad
Georg Hille · Detmold, DE
Gerhard Huiskamp · Lage, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 29, 1990
Grant date	Aug 20, 1991
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 29, 2010

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH01H23/28
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In a dual disconnect terminal assembly including a switch, the disconnect contact member for opening and closing the current paths formed by bus bar segments in the upper and lower terminal tiers is a toggle lever which includes contact bridges for each respective tier. The lever can be pivoted into three different switch positions. In a first position, the upper and lower contact bridges are connected with the bus bar segments of the upper and lower tiers, respectively, to close the current paths therebetween. In a second position, the upper and lower contact bridges are spaced from the bus bar segments of the upper and lower tiers, respectively, to open the current paths therebetween. In a third position, the upper contact bridges are connected with extensions of the bus bar segments of the upper tier to close the current path thereof and the lower contact bridges are spaced from the bus bar segments of the lower tier to open the current path thereof.

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